Home Going Services 
for the late 
Mr. James Theopolus Bass 
Sunrise Sunset 
November 25,1933 April 6,1999 
Thursday, April 15,1999 
11:00 A.M. 
Historic Mt. Pleasant 
Missionary Baptist Church 
CLAXTON, GEORGIA 
REV. DR. L. PERRY McNEAL, PASTOR OFFICIATING 
INTERMENT - MT. PLEASANT CEMETERY 
CLAXTON, GEORGIA 
SERVICES ENTRUSTED TO: 
MOODYS FUNERAL HOME 
201 CHURCH STREET 
CLAXTON, GEORGIA 30417 
PHONE: (912) 739-4932 
OBITUARY 
God hath not promised skies always blue. 
Flower strewn pathways all our lives through; 
God hath not promised sun without rain, 
Joy without sorrow, peace without pain. 
But God hath promised strength for the day 
Rest for the labor, light for the way. 
Grace for the trials, help from above. 
Unfailing sympathy, undying love. 
The Family 
James Theoplous Bass, 65, a resident of 
Poughkeepsie for 45 years and a previous resident of 
Claxton, Ga., died Tuesday, April 6,1999 at Vassar Brothers 
Hospital in Poughkeepsie. Mr. Bass was a construction 
worker with the Briggs Paving Company in Poughkeepsie. 
He was bom November 25, 1933 in Claxton, 
Georgia, he was the son of the late Percy Bass, Sr., and 
Bertha McKinnon Bass. A grandson, Derrell Johnson, and 
two brothers, Walter McKinnon and Willie Lee Bass who 
has already proceeded him in death. He was educated in the 
Evans County School System. 
He leaves to cherish his memories, three daughters, 
Edith Bellamy Bass, Poughkeepsie, NY, Carlisa Bellamy 
Bass Keitt, Albany, NY, and Vemell Bass, Boston, MA, a 
son, Michael Bass, Claxton, Ga., two brothers, Percy Bass, 
Jr., Savannah, Ga., and Calvin Bass, Fort Pierce, FL, three 
sisters, Freddie Bass, New Rochelle, NY, Margaret Jones, 
Claxton, Ga., and Edith Rowe, Atlanta, Ga., a long time 
friend, Hattie Bellamy Blackwood, Poughkeepsie, NY, sev- 
eral grandchildren, and several nieces, nephews, aunts, 
uncles and other relatives and friends. 
ORDER OF SERVICE 
Processional 
Presiding................Rev. Dr. L. Perry McNeal 
Hymn 
Scripture 
Invocation 
Selection .................................Choir 
Remarks.........................(3 minutes please) 
Acknowledgements & Obituary........Moodys Staff 
Selection .................................Choir 
Eulogy...................Rev. Dr. L. Perry McNeal 
A Parting Glance.........Moodys Directors & Staff 
Recessional 
Interment...................Mt. Pleasant Cemetery 
Family and friends will be received at the residence of 
Margaret Jonesat 411 Rosemary Street, Claxton, 
Georgia immediately following the committal 
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS 
Cousins 
HONORARY PALLBEARERS 
Uncles 
FLORAL ATTENDANTS 
Ushers and Friends of the Family 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 
We the family of the late James Theopolus 
Bass would like to thank you for your kind 
thoughts, cards, flowers, food, and words of 
expressions during our time of bereavement. Words 
cannot express our true feelings and gratitude in 
which you have shown. May God bless each of 
you. 
The Family 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO THE FAMILY 
On behalf of the Staff of Moodys Funeral 
Home, we would like to offer our sympathy on 
your loss. We want to thank you for entrusting to us 
the final disposition of your loved one. We hope 
our services has been a comfort to you, and if we 
helped to lighten your burden, then our aim was 
accomplished. Thank you. 
The Management